Hindenburg Omen
The "Hindenburg Omen" is named after the Hindenburg passenger airship that burst into flames in 1937, killing 36 people. Jim Miekka, a blind mathematician and writer for the Sudbury Bull…
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Ground Zero Mosque
In 2009, the Cordoba House (a proposed mosque and Islamic cultural center) was planned for the former Burlington Coat Factory building, two blocks away from "Ground Zero." Many people…
Little Armenia (Murray Hill)
"Little Armenia" was the area in Manhattan along Lexington Avenue, from East 20th Street to East 40th Street (called Murray Hill). "Little Armenia" is cited in print since at…
Potato Skin
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Potato skinsPotato skins are a snack food or appetizer. They are made of small, flat circular or oval pieces of potatoes with skin on one side and a…
Loaded Potato Skins (Loaded Baked Potato)
A "loaded" potato is often a baked potato loaded with cheese, bacon bits and sour cream. "Loaded potato skins" have been cited in Los Angeles since 1981; "loaded baked…
World’s Greatest Deliberative Body (U.S. Senate nickname)
The United States Senate has frequently been called "the world's greatest deliberative body." In the Alexandria (VA) Gazette on May 3, 1826, the Senate was called the "greatest…
“Blame America first”
"Blame America first" was popularized by Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926-2006), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, in a speech before the August 1984 Republican National Convention at Dallas.…
Pravda on the Hudson (New York Times nickname)
"Pravda on the Hudson" (or, hyohenated, "Pravda-on-the-Hudson") is an unflattering nickname of The New York Times newspaper. Pravda (Russian for "truth") was the…
Communist News Network (CNN nickname)
Cable News Network (CNN) began in 1980 as the first all-news television channel. Some critics of CNN have claimed that the network has an anti-American, pro-globalist slant to the news. The…
Dumpster Diving (Dumpster Pool)
'Dumpster diving" has meant, since the early 1980s, to search through a dumpter for food or other items. What is "trash" to the person who throw the item into a dumpster might…
Crap Metro (Cap Metro nickname)
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("Cap Metro") has served Austin (the capital of Texas) since 1986. By at least 2000, "Cap Metro" has been derided as 'Crap…
“Think outside the Fox” (anti-Fox News saying)
Liberals often claim that conservatives watch too much of the Fox News Channel. "Think outside the Fox" (a pun on "think outside the box") has been a bumper sticker saying since…
“Markets make opinions”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksMoney of the Mind: Borrowing and lending in America from the Civil War to Michael MilkenBy James Grant New York, NY: Noonday Press1994Pg. 424:Markets make…
“To go forward, put it in D; to go backward, put it in R” (D=drive, Democrat; R=reverse, Republican)
“All you ever needed to know about this election, you’ve learned from driving. If you want to go backward, you put it in R. But if you want to go forward, you put it in D," said Iowan Tom…
Fellow Traveler or Fellow Traveller (Communist sympathizer)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Fellow travelerFellow traveler or fellow traveller is a derogatory term referring to a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of an organization or cooperates…
Nutpicking (nut + nitpicking/cherry-picking)
"Nutpicking" (nut + nitpicking/cherry-picking) means to selectively take (or "cherry-pick") one person (a "nut") or that person's comment to represent an entire…
“Serious as a snake bite” (“Serious as a snakebite”)
"Serious as a snake bite" (or "serious as a snakebite") means very serious, indeed. A snake bite could cause serious illness or death -- and Texas has plenty of snakes. The…
“Fair to Midland” (pun on “fair to middling”)
"Fair-to-middling" is an expression for something that is about average (fair) or only slightly above average (middling). "Fair to Midland" is a pun on the expression, using the…
Lieberal (lie + liberal)
"Lieberal" (lie + liberal) is a derogatory nickname for a liberal, used by those who believe that liberal values and liberal ideas are lies (or that liberal politicians lie). The term…
“Annoy a liberal—work hard & be happy”
"Annoy a liberal -- work hard & be happy" has been a bumper sticker slogan since at least 1994. The conservative message means that liberals don't like to work and prefer being…